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How Asset Allocation Can Help You Achieve Your Financial Goals
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 50 mins
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Most studies have shown that asset allocation, not what stocks and when you buy stocks, is the most important determinant of future net worth. This short story explains the basics of asset allocation. This short story will help you determine what type of asset allocation strategy best fits your particular financial situation.
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How Asset Allocation Can Help You Achieve Your Financial Goals
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 50 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Who Wins the Variable Annuity Versus Mutual Fund Battle?
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 41 mins
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This short story explores the pros and cons of investing in variable annuities versus conventional mutual funds.
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Who Wins the Variable Annuity Versus Mutual Fund Battle?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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How Can I Retire If I Am 62 and Broke?
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 22 mins
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Most retirement books assume you have time to save and accumulate money or you already have a significant net worth. Most of the 67 million Baby Boomers who are approaching retirement age have run out of time to save and accumulate more wealth. This short story explores the options available to people reaching retirement age who are broke. After reading this short story, you will be able to make your own well-informed decision on how to optimize your chances of being able to retire.
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How Can I Retire If I Am 62 and Broke?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 22 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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How Does My Asset Allocation Compare to Everyone Else?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 17 mins
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The most critical decision involved with your retirement portfolio is the correct asset allocation. Asset allocation is the ratio between stocks and bonds in your portfolio. The higher the percentage of stocks versus bonds, the higher your expected return. Unfortunately, your risk level increases also. Financial planners recommend you lower your stock allocation as you age. This short story reveals the actual asset allocation used by Americans as a function of age group. It includes data from six different sources on typical Americans. You can compare your age and your asset allocation with...
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How Does My Asset Allocation Compare to Everyone Else?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 03-01-24
- Language: English
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Do I Need a Letter of Instruction for My Heirs?
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 mins
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Millions of American Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age. Many of them have set up estate plans using either wills or trusts. One additional document that can save their heirs a great deal of time is a Letter of Instruction. This short story explores how writing a Letter of Instruction can greatly ease the burden on your heirs of settling your estate.
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Do I Need a Letter of Instruction for My Heirs?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Are Black Swans Really Harmful to Ordinary Investors?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 31 mins
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb popularized the term Black Swan through his books and interviews. Taleb’s Black Swan Theory refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences. This short story explores whether or not Black Swan events are really important to Main Street investors versus Wall Street traders.
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Are Black Swans Really Harmful to Ordinary Investors?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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How to Invest for Retirement After the Crash of 2008
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 21 mins
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In the years immediately preceding 2008, the rage in financial planning was diversification. By not putting all your eggs into one basket, some asset classes would do poorly.......but other asset classes would do well. The theory was that investors should find asset classes which are not correlated to each other. The financial planning industry and Wall Street advocated investing in many asset classes including diversified U.S. stocks, diversified developed international stocks, emerging market stocks, commodities, timber, and bonds. Unfortunately, in the Crash of 2008, all asset classes ...
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How to Invest for Retirement After the Crash of 2008
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Should I Pay Off My Mortgage Early?
- By: Dale C. Maley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 39 mins
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Young homeowners often wonder if they should pay off their mortgage early. The 76 million Baby Boomers heading into retirement also face the key question on whether or not pay off their mortgage early. Financial experts differ in opinion on the mortgage early pay off decision. This short story explores the many aspects of the mortgage early pay off decision. This story will provide you with enough information to make your own well informed decision regarding your specific early mortage pay off situation.
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Should I Pay Off My Mortgage Early?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 39 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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My Journey to a Diversified Portfolio of Low-Cost Index Funds
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 19 mins
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Unfortunately, our U.S. educational system teaches Americans nothing about investing. Many people struggle for years to develop an optimum investment plan. This short story recounts the author's journey to a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds. I hope the story of my journey to a diversified portfolio of low cost index funds will inspire other investors to further explore the advantages of index fund investing.
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My Journey to a Diversified Portfolio of Low-Cost Index Funds
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Coal Mining in Fairbury, Illinois
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the railroad first crossed Central Illinois. In 1861, John Marsh, and son Henry Marsh, dug 180 feet down just west of Fairbury and found coal. Their discovery of coal in the Illinois prairie, prompted the discovery of more coal through-out Central Illinois. Fairbury quickly had three main operating coal mines. These mines created jobs that attracted miners all the way from Europe. The population of Fairbury exploded from 269 in 1860 to 2,324 in 1890...
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Coal Mining in Fairbury, Illinois
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Can Hoover Dam’s Design Principles Help Us Solve the Retirement Income Problem?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 33 mins
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Sixty-Seven million Baby Boomers have now started to enter their retirement years. One of their biggest challenges is making a retirement portfolio last during retirement. This is a challenge because of the fluctuating nature of future stock market returns. Hoover Dam designers faced a similar issue. They want to maximize flow from the dam while keeping the reservoir full. The amount of river flow replenishing the reservoir is dependent on fluctuating levels of annual snowfall in the mountains. This short story compares Hoover Dam’s design to the retirement portfolio income problem. After...
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Can Hoover Dam’s Design Principles Help Us Solve the Retirement Income Problem?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 33 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Franklin Oliver Pioneer Settler of Livingston County, Illinois
- Pioneer Settler of Livingston County, Illinois
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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John A. Oliver (1733-1824) lived in Bordentown, New Jersey. He became friends with Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). John Oliver served as a quartermaster in the Revolutionary War. Bordentown citizen Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was a patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Hopkinson had artistic talents and help design the first U.S. flag, wrote music, wrote poetry, sketched and painted. Hopkinson painted a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin then gave the portrait to his friend, John Oliver. Eventually Franklin Oliver (1797-1881) inherited the portrait from his ...
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Franklin Oliver Pioneer Settler of Livingston County, Illinois
- Pioneer Settler of Livingston County, Illinois
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Don't Max Out my 401K?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 40 mins
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Contributing the maximum amount to your 401K has become almost the “holy grail” of the financial services industry. I recently came across several studies which suggest that maxing out your 401K may not be the best strategy for everyone. One of these studies suggested that if you are in the lower income levels, you should not max out your 401K due to excessive taxes on Social Security income when you retire. Another article suggested that if you are within 10 years of years of retirement, you should also not max out your 401K. My goal is to further explore the issue of maxing out 401K ...
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Don't Max Out my 401K?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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How to Find a Good Financial Planner
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 31 mins
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This short story explores how to find a good financial planner. After reading this short story, you will know how to find a good financial planner who meets your needs.
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How to Find a Good Financial Planner
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Contribute to My Bad 401K or Go Taxable?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 23 mins
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Millions of Americans are stuck with poor 401K plans. These 401K plans have low employer matching ratios and very high annual expenses. At some point, it becomes better to simply invest in low cost index funds in a taxable account versus using the poor 401K. This story explores this problem and the trade-offs between a poor 401K and a taxable account.Hopefully, after reading this short story, you will have enough information to make your own well informed decision regarding your specific situation.
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Contribute to My Bad 401K or Go Taxable?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Should Immediate Annuities be a Tool in Your Retirement Planning Toolbox?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 43 mins
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This short story explores the pros and cons of utilizing immediate annuities for retirement income.
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Should Immediate Annuities be a Tool in Your Retirement Planning Toolbox?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 43 mins
- Release date: 02-28-24
- Language: English
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Fairbury, Illlinois and the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the railroad first crossed Central Illinois. Fairbury was home to one of great horse importers of Illinois, John Virgin. He was named by the Governor of Illinois to be on the planning commission of the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. The Keeley Institute was founded in 1891 as an alcoholic treatment center in Dwight, Illinois, 30 miles north of Fairbury. Many Fairbury citizens worked at the Keeley institute during the years it was open from 1891 ...
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Fairbury, Illlinois and the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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How Do I Design My Own Financial Plan?
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 38 mins
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Many Americans have long-term financial goals including paying for their children’s college or their own retirement. Studies have shown you are more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down. This short story shows how to develop your own comprehensive personal financial plan. It includes a template that you can modify to fit your needs.
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How Do I Design My Own Financial Plan?
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 38 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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How to Read Your Way to Financial Wealth
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 36 mins
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Although Wall Street tries to convince us that financial planning is too complicated for an ordinary Main Street citizen to understand, financial planning is not rocket science. This story provides a process map or flow chart for the entire financial planning process. Each process step in the flow chart then becomes a separate chapter. For each chapter, a list of the best books, best articles, and best short stories are given so you can explore each step in more detail. You can select the process steps that you are most interested in and then read the supporting books, articles, and short ...
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How to Read Your Way to Financial Wealth
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 36 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Financial Life and Beat the Pro's
- By: Dale C. Maley
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- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Many new investors are shocked to discover there are over 8,000 different mutual funds to choose from! How do you know which fund to pick? Once you pick a fund, how do you know how well it is performing? Do you have to spend a lot of time learning about investing? This book answers all of these questions and more. It shows how regular people can simplify their investment life and beat the pro's results. Jill is a new investor who knows she must start investing for her daughter's education and her retirement. Jill turns to her nephew, a Business Major, and to William the friendly Finance ...
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Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Financial Life and Beat the Pro's
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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Funny Story
- By: Emily Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
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Funny Story is a Wonderful Read
- By Cathy Sykora on 04-24-24
By: Emily Henry
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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WOW. Just Wow
- By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
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“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
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What happened to the chapter titles
- By MztCB on 05-25-24
By: Stephen King
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The Mountain Is You
- Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
- By: Brianna Wiest
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.
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Underwelming
- By Erin on 04-20-22
By: Brianna Wiest
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Funny Story
- By: Emily Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
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Funny Story is a Wonderful Read
- By Cathy Sykora on 04-24-24
By: Emily Henry
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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WOW. Just Wow
- By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
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What happened to the chapter titles
- By MztCB on 05-25-24
By: Stephen King
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The Mountain Is You
- Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
- By: Brianna Wiest
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.
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Underwelming
- By Erin on 04-20-22
By: Brianna Wiest
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin - one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
By: Sarah J. Maas
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First Lie Wins
- A Novel
- By: Ashley Elston
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.
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What’s The lie?
- By Luke Schafer on 01-13-24
By: Ashley Elston
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Mad Love
- By: Wendy Walker
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Alexis Bledel, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.
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Surprised
- By marcie on 05-25-24
By: Wendy Walker
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Atomic Habits
- An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- By: James Clear
- Narrated by: James Clear
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
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Author went overboard hawking his site
- By CHughes on 06-25-19
By: James Clear
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton
- By: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for...well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret...and fears she doesn't know him at all.
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Awful. First Julia Quinn Book I didn’t like at all!!
- By Libertina on 12-23-19
By: Julia Quinn
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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A great reading of the wrong book
- By P on 11-24-15
By: J.K. Rowling
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Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
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Erotica with Dragons
- By Trev on 05-13-23
By: Rebecca Yarros
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It Ends with Us
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Olivia Song
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
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Not what I expected.
- By Love2Read on 01-23-20
By: Colleen Hoover
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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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This classic deserves better
- By Matthew Salvo on 07-01-21
By: Frank Herbert
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Mind Games
- A Novel
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smell of pine. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they’re about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened.
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What a disappointment!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-24-24
By: Nora Roberts
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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Throne of Glass
- Throne of Glass, Book 1
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an 18-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught. Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament - fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart be melted?
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Young adult, sure
- By Amazon Customer on 05-24-21
By: Sarah J. Maas
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Just for the Summer
- By: Abby Jimenez
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Zachary Webber, Abby Jimenez
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work.
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Good but heavy
- By Maria on 04-04-24
By: Abby Jimenez
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The Anxious Generation
- How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.
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Empower parents, Not governments
- By Vance V. Ginn on 04-14-24
By: Jonathan Haidt
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The Worst of You
- By: Sarah Richards
- Narrated by: Sarah Desjardins
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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In The Worst of You, just-wed architects Timo and Nia flee a murder scene, setting in motion a chain reaction of lies and betrayals that threaten to unravel everything they have built together. Twisted and propulsive, this thriller is told from the alternating perspectives of the couple and those close to them on Williwaw Island, each with their own motive to use the outcome of the murder case to their advantage. When a huge storm sweeps up the coast, trapping everyone on tiny Williwaw Island, it’s a race against time—and the elements — to stop the murderer from striking again.
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Solid story!
- By Elisabeth on 05-21-24
By: Sarah Richards
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Maybe This Time
- By: Cara Bastone
- Narrated by: Zoë Chao, Noah Reid, Josh Hurley, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.
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Not surprised that I LOVED this!
- By Brittany Bowman on 05-22-24
By: Cara Bastone
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Camino Ghosts
- A Novel (Camino, Book 3)
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Grisham
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn’t know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed…and the past is never the past…
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Terrible narrator
- By Janice Greenwood on 05-29-24
By: John Grisham
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Twisted Love
- Twisted, Book 1
- By: Ana Huang
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Aiden Snow
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.
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WHYYYYY THE HYPE
- By KOKO on 11-14-22
By: Ana Huang
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
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A book for 20-somethings, but not me
- By Bonny on 09-22-16
By: Mark Manson
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The Housemaid
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out...and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: The Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of....
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One Big Cliche’
- By Karen Brow on 08-03-22
By: Freida McFadden
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George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
- By: Bill Maher
- Narrated by: Bill Maher
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead.
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Great book by Bill Maher
- By michelle nachtigall on 05-22-24
By: Bill Maher
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Red Rising
- By: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.
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HUMANS ARE ALWAY NEGOTIATING,
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-30-15
By: Pierce Brown
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
By: Shelby Van Pelt